More small, hat-shaped FOs.

Pattern: Improvised
Yarn: For the striped version, less than 1/2 a skein each of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in Light Blue (204) and Chocolate (011); for the purple, 1/2 a skein of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Black Purl
Needles: 2.5 and 3 mm

It appears I’m all about the tiny hats this week. I’ve been watching new DVDs of a favourite TV series, and these little projects have been absolutely perfect as mindless-but-adorable knitting.

I started with the cast-on numbers from an old Sirdar pattern, but improvised the rest, and now have a nice default 3-6 months’ size hat pattern I can knit until my fingers fall off or I get tired of it, whichever comes first**. It’s knit flat rather than in the round–I’m one of those knitters (making up approximately 0.0003% of the current world string-bearing population) who actually enjoys mattress stitch, and I like the rhythm of back-and-forth stockinette as much as in-the-round stockinette, too.

** It appears I’m heading toward the former conclusion rather than the latter, because I have a third hat finished but not photographed, a fourth on the needles, and yarn beside me for a fifth.

Edited 23/05/09:

And I now have another two hats done, but since it’s been less than 24 hours I’m appending them to this post rather than making a new one.

Same pattern and same needles as before, but different yarns. The red was knit with Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Wild Cherry, and the other with Opal Harry Potter in Lupin. I love how the colour repeats on the Opal worked out–the ribbing on the bottom has the same part of the colourway as the crown, and all the rest is sandwiched in between.

As far as the CTH, well, I’m seriously wondering why that skein in particular has been just sitting in the stash. The reds are gorgeous. I think I’ll use a pair of simple anklets as a reason to try out my new HiyaHiya circs.

… Or I might knit that fifth hat.